Neville Goddard on Joshua 4:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 4 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Joshua 4:8-9

Biblical Context

The Israelites obey Joshua, taking twelve stones from the Jordan to their lodging, and Joshua later sets twelve stones in the Jordan as a lasting memorial.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s voice, the Jordan is the shifting arena of your own consciousness, and the ark of the covenant is the I AM you truly are. The twelve stones are not relics but fixed states of feeling you consciously establish within mind. By removing stones from the Jordan, you select distinct points of awareness—each representing a gift of your tribe—and carry them to the place you lodge your self, thus aligning daily life with a remembered truth. When Joshua sets them in the bed where the priests stood, it signifies an inner seal placed within your awareness, a locus for your new worship. The phrase 'they are there unto this day' points to the enduring stability of your inner covenant whenever the mind returns to that sacred arrangement. The outer ritual thus points to an inner practice: commemorate a disciplined pattern of thought and feeling, and you awaken obedience and loyalty to the I AM within you.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling of your desired state as if it were already true. Visualize twelve stones being taken from the Jordan of your mind and laid at a sacred inner lodge, each stone named with a quality you intend to embody; then feel the Jordan move inward as the old self is carried away.